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Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female (%) by country

Total female enrollment in primary, secondary and tertiary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of primary school age, secondary school age, and the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged...

Countries reporting
173
Highest
127.5%
Sweden
Lowest
34.9%
Central African Republic
Median
81.6%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,835

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female (%) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 127.5% in Sweden; the lowest is 34.9% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.6%, and the mean is 81.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 127.3%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 33.0%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 127.5% 2018 up 31.1% rising
2 Belgium 123.6% 2018 up 3.0% rising
3 Finland 123.3% 2018 up 17.2% rising
4 Australia 121.4% 2018 — rising
5 Greece 118.2% 2018 up 23.5% rising
6 Ireland 115.1% 2018 up 19.7% rising
7 Grenada 114.1% 2018 up 6.1% rising
8 Netherlands 112.2% 2018 up 13.6% rising
9 Argentina 111.0% 2017 up 11.6% rising
10 New Zealand 111.0% 2018 up 1.9% rising
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110.9% 2015 up 27.4% rising
12 Spain 110.7% 2018 up 10.2% rising
13 Costa Rica 108.3% 2019 up 19.6% rising
14 Denmark 108.2% 2018 up 3.7% rising
15 Latvia 108.0% 2018 up 6.3% rising
16 Macao 106.3% 2019 up 47.1% rising
17 Iceland 106.0% 2018 up 2.8% rising
18 Norway 105.6% 2018 up 4.2% rising
19 Barbados 104.6% 2011 up 13.0% rising
20 Puerto Rico 104.2% 2018 up 0.7% flat
21 Slovenia 104.2% 2018 up 3.7% rising
22 Estonia 103.9% 2018 up 3.5% rising
23 Kazakhstan 103.6% 2019 up 17.4% rising
24 Lithuania 103.3% 2018 down 2.0% rising
25 Hong Kong 103.0% 2019 up 14.6% rising
26 United States 102.7% 2018 up 2.7% rising
27 Turkey 102.2% 2018 up 38.3% rising
28 Poland 101.6% 2018 up 10.7% rising
29 Chile 100.4% 2018 up 16.8% rising
30 United Kingdom 100.1% 2018 up 10.0% rising
31 Belarus 100.1% 2018 down 2.5% flat
32 Portugal 99.9% 2018 up 3.9% rising
33 Austria 99.9% 2018 up 3.4% rising
34 Russia 99.8% 2018 up 14.4% rising
35 Canada 98.9% 2018 up 7.9% flat
36 Israel 97.5% 2018 up 2.7% rising
37 Bahrain 96.8% 2019 up 15.8% rising
38 Uruguay 96.3% 2006 up 9.4% rising
39 Venezuela 96.3% 2008 up 36.1% rising
40 France 96.0% 2018 up 5.1% rising
41 Kuwait 95.8% 2015 up 12.7% rising
42 Ukraine 95.7% 2014 up 5.4% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 95.6% 2019 up 20.3% rising
44 Germany 95.6% 2018 up 2.3% rising
45 Czechia 95.3% 2018 up 7.6% rising
46 Malta 95.0% 2018 up 17.3% rising
47 Georgia 94.7% 2019 up 15.4% rising
48 Cyprus 94.0% 2018 up 16.4% rising
49 South Korea 93.8% 2018 down 1.1% rising
50 Thailand 93.4% 2016 up 23.8% rising
51 Mongolia 93.4% 2010 up 31.2% rising
52 Peru 93.1% 2017 up 14.5% rising
53 Croatia 93.0% 2018 up 11.0% rising
54 Italy 92.8% 2018 down 2.3% rising
55 Libya 92.5% 2003 — rising
56 Oman 91.5% 2019 up 19.4% rising
57 Hungary 91.3% 2018 down 2.4% rising
58 Serbia 91.2% 2019 up 11.8% rising
59 Brazil 90.9% 2011 down 1.2% flat
60 Switzerland 90.6% 2018 up 7.8% rising
61 Qatar 90.4% 2019 up 13.3% rising
62 Colombia 90.4% 2018 up 5.0% rising
63 Ecuador 90.2% 2015 — rising
64 Albania 90.2% 2019 up 21.6% rising
65 Aruba 89.8% 2012 up 5.4% flat
66 Iran 88.8% 2017 up 32.9% rising
67 Dominican Republic 88.7% 2017 up 6.6% rising
68 Bulgaria 88.5% 2018 up 8.6% rising
69 Mexico 88.4% 2018 up 12.6% rising
70 Seychelles 88.3% 2019 up 14.3% rising
71 Tunisia 87.5% 2016 up 9.0% rising
72 Mauritius 86.2% 2017 up 11.1% rising
73 Cuba 85.4% 2018 down 24.3% rising
74 Montenegro 85.2% 2019 down 4.2% rising
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.2% 2015 up 7.6% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 85.1% 2019 up 8.1% rising
77 China 84.7% 2019 up 27.9% rising
78 Palestine 84.7% 2019 up 4.3% rising
79 Philippines 84.5% 2017 up 7.1% rising
80 Tonga 83.8% 2002 — flat
81 Slovakia 83.7% 2018 down 2.2% rising
82 Jamaica 83.2% 2015 up 6.2% rising
83 Romania 83.1% 2018 down 7.1% rising
84 Algeria 82.6% 2011 up 17.0% rising
85 South Africa 82.0% 2018 up 4.7% rising
86 Sri Lanka 81.6% 2018 up 5.9% rising
87 Gibraltar 81.6% 2009 up 23.3% rising
88 Armenia 81.4% 2019 down 1.9% flat
89 Morocco 80.9% 2019 up 36.2% rising
90 Malaysia 80.8% 2017 up 8.2% rising
91 Indonesia 80.6% 2018 up 17.5% rising
92 Brunei 80.2% 2019 up 1.5% rising
93 Egypt 79.8% 2017 up 17.6% rising
94 Azerbaijan 79.6% 2019 — rising
95 Panama 79.6% 2016 down 1.1% rising
96 Fiji 79.1% 2004 — rising
97 Liechtenstein 78.7% 2018 down 1.5% flat
98 Luxembourg 78.2% 2018 up 3.1% rising
99 Belize 77.7% 2019 up 0.6% flat
100 Sao Tome and Principe 77.6% 2015 up 20.6% rising
101 Cape Verde 77.1% 2018 up 1.2% rising
102 Nepal 76.8% 2019 up 13.1% rising
103 Suriname 75.1% 2002 up 4.7% flat
104 Botswana 74.7% 2006 up 6.7% rising
105 North Macedonia 74.5% 2018 up 6.5% rising
106 Kiribati 74.2% 2008 up 9.5% rising
107 Gabon 74.2% 1999 up 0.4% rising
108 Lesotho 74.2% 2017 up 10.9% rising
109 Samoa 73.8% 2000 — rising
110 Guyana 73.7% 2012 down 6.4% rising
111 Bermuda 73.7% 2015 down 1.8% rising
112 Bhutan 73.6% 2018 up 24.4% rising
113 Maldives 72.9% 2003 up 1.8% flat
114 Moldova 72.8% 2019 up 0.8% flat
115 Paraguay 72.7% 2010 down 0.2% rising
116 Saint Lucia 72.7% 2019 down 4.3% rising
117 Bangladesh 72.6% 2018 up 35.5% rising
118 Eswatini 72.3% 2013 up 22.0% rising
119 Uzbekistan 72.3% 2019 up 9.7% falling
120 San Marino 71.8% 2019 down 21.3% falling
121 Nicaragua 71.5% 2002 up 28.5% rising
122 Ghana 71.5% 2019 up 26.1% rising
123 Namibia 71.5% 2006 down 3.5% flat
124 Benin 70.7% 2016 up 54.6% volatile
125 Rwanda 70.5% 2019 up 2.7% rising
126 Malawi 70.2% 2011 up 3.9% rising
127 Togo 69.9% 2017 up 34.6% rising
128 British Virgin Islands 69.5% 2018 down 33.0% falling
129 Burundi 69.3% 2018 up 63.4% volatile
130 India 68.8% 2019 up 11.8% rising
131 Trinidad and Tobago 68.6% 2004 down 0.0% rising
132 Cameroon 67.3% 2016 up 49.4% rising
133 Myanmar 67.2% 2018 — rising
134 Uganda 67.0% 2004 up 95.1% rising
135 Tajikistan 66.4% 2013 up 5.0% rising
136 El Salvador 65.8% 2018 down 11.1% rising
137 Zimbabwe 64.4% 2013 up 15.6% flat
138 Congo 64.0% 2012 up 25.3% flat
139 Jordan 63.6% 2018 down 17.1% rising
140 Madagascar 63.6% 2018 up 2.4% rising
141 Guatemala 62.3% 2015 down 1.1% rising
142 Kenya 61.5% 2009 up 21.4% flat
143 Vanuatu 61.3% 2004 up 6.2% flat
144 Laos 61.0% 2019 up 7.2% rising
145 Honduras 60.4% 2017 down 12.1% rising
146 Mozambique 60.3% 2017 up 13.1% rising
147 Nauru 60.1% 2008 down 4.9% flat
148 Cambodia 58.8% 2008 up 26.6% rising
149 Tanzania 58.0% 2019 up 1.6% rising
150 Mauritania 56.5% 2019 up 22.5% rising
151 Senegal 55.9% 2019 up 26.8% volatile
152 Democratic Republic of Congo 55.6% 2013 up 24.4% rising
153 Iraq 54.9% 2004 up 3.8% rising
154 Burkina Faso 54.9% 2019 up 51.2% volatile
155 Liberia 54.8% 2000 — volatile
156 Syria 54.6% 2013 down 13.1% rising
157 Cote d'Ivoire 53.4% 2017 — rising
158 Nigeria 52.9% 2011 up 17.6% rising
159 Solomon Islands 52.7% 2007 up 29.4% rising
160 Ethiopia 51.7% 2012 up 86.9% volatile
161 Afghanistan 49.2% 2018 up 11.2% volatile
162 Zambia 48.6% 1988 up 8.7% rising
163 Sudan 48.2% 2015 up 18.9% rising
164 Guinea 47.1% 2014 up 42.8% volatile
165 Yemen 46.9% 2011 up 46.5% rising
166 Mali 46.3% 2017 up 12.9% volatile
167 Pakistan 45.6% 2018 up 21.4% rising
168 Eritrea 45.0% 2015 up 10.5% rising
169 Chad 38.1% 2015 up 39.8% rising
170 Djibouti 38.0% 2011 up 127.3% rising
171 Niger 37.8% 2017 up 76.4% volatile
172 Sierra Leone 34.9% 2001 — rising
173 Central African Republic 34.9% 2012 — rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
218 places, 4,835 data points, 1970–2019
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Total female enrollment in primary, secondary and tertiary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of primary school age, secondary school age, and the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.